Italy’s coastline is 5.3 times as long as Tanzania’s

Italy: 7,600 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)

Tanzania’s highest peak towers 1,147 m above Italy’s

Italy: 4,748 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 45% of Tanzania, versus 44% of Italy

Italy: 43.6% (2024) · Tanzania: 45.1% (2024)

Tanzania has 20% more people than Italy

Italy: 58.9 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)

Italy is 2.5 times as densely populated as Tanzania

Italy: 199 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Italy is 30 years older than in Tanzania

Italy: 47.5 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)

Women in Tanzania have 3.4 more children on average than in Italy

Italy: 1.18 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Italy are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania

Italy: 25.1% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)

Italy hosts 35% more refugees per resident than Tanzania

Italy: 3.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Italy has produced 3.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Tanzania none

Italy: 3.4 (2026) · Tanzania: 0 (2026)

Tanzania has 2 official languages, Italy 1

Italy: 1 (2026) · Tanzania: 2 (2026)

Italy’s economy is 28 times the size of Tanzania’s

Italy: $2.55 trillion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)

Italy produces 14 times as much per person as Tanzania

Italy: Int$62,803 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Tanzania than in Italy (Gini 6.2 points higher)

Italy: 34.3 (2023) · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)

51% of people in Tanzania live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.9% in Italy

Italy: 0.9% (2023) · Tanzania: 51.3% (2018)

Unemployment is 6.4% in Italy, versus 1.6% in Tanzania

Italy: 6.4% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)

Italy spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Tanzania 1.2%

Italy: 1.9% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2025)

Italy’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Tanzania’s 12%

Italy: 25.6% (2024) · Tanzania: 12.3% (2024)

Italy’s price level (US = 100) is 2.3× Tanzania’s

Italy: 69% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)

Italy spends 94 times as much on health per person as Tanzania

Italy: $3,398 (2024) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)

A baby in Tanzania is 12 times as likely to die before turning one as in Italy

Italy: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Italy has 31 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania

Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Italy has 3.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Tanzania

Italy: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Tanzania is 2.6 times that in Italy

Italy: 5.7 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023)

18% of adults in Italy are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania

Italy: 17.9% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)

22% of adults in Italy smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania

Italy: 22.4% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)

People in Italy rate their lives 2.67 points higher than in Tanzania

Italy: 6.57 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)

Adults in Italy drink 5.6 times as much alcohol as in Tanzania

Italy: 8.4 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)

Italy has 5.9 times as much meat per person as Tanzania

Italy: 71.2 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)

Italy has 1,234 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania

Italy: 3,753 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)

Workers in Tanzania put in 427 more hours a year than in Italy

Italy: 1,701 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)

Adults in Italy went to school 4.8 years longer than in Tanzania

Italy: 10.8 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)

Italy welcomed 44 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019)

Italy: 0.98 (2024) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)

Italy has 55 more World Heritage sites than Tanzania (62 against 7)

Italy: 62 (2026) · Tanzania: 7 (2026)

Italy has won 829 Olympic medals, Tanzania 2

Italy: 829 (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition)

89% of people in Italy are online, versus 31% in Tanzania

Italy: 89% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)

Home internet in Italy is 4.9 times as fast as in Tanzania

Italy: 274 Mbps (2026) · Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Italy have electricity, versus 52% in Tanzania

Italy: 100% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)

70% of people in Italy live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania

Italy: 70% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)

Italy has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Tanzania 127

Italy: 133 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)

Italy’s railway network is 6.4 times as long as Tanzania’s

Italy: 17,305 km (2021) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)

Airlines from Italy fly 13 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tanzania

Italy: 0.34 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)

Forest covers 50% of Tanzania, but only 32% of Italy

Italy: 31.8% (2024) · Tanzania: 49.6% (2024)

The average person in Italy emits 17 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania

Italy: 5.1 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)

49% of Italy’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Tanzania

Italy: 48.8% (2025) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)

The air in Tanzania carries 62% more fine dust than in Italy

Italy: 15.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 6.6 times as likely to be murdered in Tanzania as in Italy

Italy: 0.6 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)

Roads in Tanzania are 2.4 times as deadly as in Italy

Italy: 8.5 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023)

Tanzania is on average 9.2 °C warmer than Italy

Italy: 13.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Tanzania gets 7% more rain than Italy

Italy: 1,030 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)